Association of Drivers Against Daytime Running Lights

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The Association of Drivers Against Daytime Running Lights - DADRL - is actively working to stop governments and manufacturers from installing Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) on motor vehicles. There is no conclusive evidence to show that DRLs are effective at reducing crashes. Rather, there are a number of safety-negative side effects of DRLs on automobiles, including emitting excessive glare to other drivers, masking of other vulnerable road users, and increased energy consumption. Please browse our pages to learn more about how DRLs are an ill-conceived safety gimmick and how you can help us to combat them.

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BOYCOTT OF THE MONTH

2008 Toyota Corolla S and XRS

Recent ads show the 2008 Corolla with extremely glaring high beam Daytime Running Lights. Why Toyota has reverted to this terrible design is pretty clear. The Corolla is an inexpensive car and the high beam DRLs are the cheapest implementation available. It's not about safety, it's about using a safety gimmick to make the Corolla look like a Honda Civic, another vehicle with unacceptable high glare DRLs. Toyota is fully aware that excessive glare is unacceptable in the US, but they chose to ignore thousands of complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Well, we have a choice too: we can choose not to buy the Corolla S and XRS models.